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Dawn Lamb | Tattoo Artist | Rockville, Maryland

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Traditional Tattoos, with varied lines and bright color, heavily influenced by cartoons, anime and caricature.
Rockville, Maryland

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Felipe is awesome... Been tattooing him for three years now. He loves American Traditional. This was his present to himself... His memorial? A reminder? Souvenir... That's the word. This is his souvenir present to himself... He's on the way home to Honduras soon.
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For those who are curious... I love doing one shots like this. This took three hours to tattoo and two hours to draw. I like to fuss over drawings. The last shot is of the reference image he sent me.
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I absolutely love redrawing traditional tattoos and tattoo flash... You learn so much from studying art that came before you. So if you want something big like this I'd be stoked to do it for you.
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Currently booking end of June and July in Montgomery county, MD.
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Blackwork American Traditional Tattoo done at Queen's Gambit Tattoo, in Rockville, Maryland.
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#thightattoo #traditionaltattoos #traditionaltattooshop #rosetattoo #swallowtattoo Traditional tattoo of a rose and swallow bird on the upper leg. Outside thigh tattoo taken in Montgomery County, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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5 months ago

This was so satisfying to make. Thank you Adena!
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#beachtattoo #mermaidtattoo #suntattoo #girlytattoos #traditionaltattoo Beach ocean mermaid tail traditional tattoo taken in Montgomery County, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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5 months ago

I'm very happy with him. One shot dragon on the back of the calf for @clippernik
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This was satisfying, look forward to seeing it healed :)
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Thanks again, Nick!
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#dragontattoo #dragonfacetattoo #calftattoo #neotrad #blackandgreytattoo Neo-traditional dragon tattoo with flames done in Rockville Maryland at Queen's Gambit Tattoo shop taken in Montgomery County, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

Another pinup for @ih8mybihh I can't even be mad that he changed the idea... I'm always down to tattoo hot girls. I love pin-ups.
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I didn't do the dagger that was a previous engagement.
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Concept, traditional pin-ups girl tattoo with black hair, fishnets, sitting on an eightball, prepping her pool stick. And she's tattooed.
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Design was inspired by @ynot.tat nice flash dude!
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I love tattoos so much. Please get more pin-ups!!!
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If you scold the end, you'll see a photo of his crawling panther Kitty with a full hanya bodysuit, he was crazy detailed so he needed a bit of touch-ups.
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I'll be at the villain arts Tattoo convention next weekend. If anybody wants to stop by I'll be doing walk-ups from my pre-drawns I have repeatable flash and one offs. If you want something custom, You're welcome to reach out but I'm probably not really going to be into it unless you want to compete in the tattoo competitions.
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#tattooedpinups #pinupgirltattoo #gothgirl #billiards #eightball Traditional pin-up girl tattoo with a pool stick and an eightball billiards ball, done in Rockville, MD taken in Rockville, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

Larry's addiction is fed, will re-dose in the fall after cruise and beach season. Today we added a cutie wrappy on his wrist and a sailfish on the outter calf. That there were different kinds of swordfish was news to me. Marlins are blue silver and yellow, Sailfish have more purple and green going on.
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#tattooshop #traditionaltattoo #seaanimals #oceananimals #fishtattoos Prawn shrimp tattoo orange red taken in Washington, DC by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

I am gonna be pretty bummed out when @smercandino is out of skin. Thank you for always letting me do cool stuff :) I love it so.
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This one took about 3.5 hours and we both nearly died cause we are old and tattoo time was creeping on nap time.
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He's attacking the tattoo we did like .. nearly six years ago now :)
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Warrior wizard gnome riding a spider who's wearing gold filigree armor that matches his rider's breast plate.
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Guess the cooking makes it neo. Feels more trad tho.
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#traditionaltattoos #spidertattoo #gardengnome #gnometattoo #wizardtattoo Traditional tattoo of a warrior wizard gnome riding a battle spider taken in Montgomery County, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

Just the videos for the Whale cause they got cut off in regular post. Thanks again, Dan! taken in Rockville, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

This is one of my favorite projects as of late. I'm super excited about him. Dan was pretty bossy about certain details and I'm super stoked about that actually. We did three consults ( three months of drawing revisions ) before we started tattooing. I'm so happy I got to play with color... The pastels heal about 30% lighter, I like the effect. More illustrative than neo-traditional, but I'm stoked on it.
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That's a little baba yaga dancing on his back, they're vibing in dream land.
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We have about 20 tattoo hours in this.
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#tattoo #whaletattoo #neotradtattoo #neotraditional #halfsleeve Neo-traditional whale tattoo with cloud waves, flying in the sky surrounded by clouds and stars half sleeve taken in Maryland USA by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

Lil Trash Panda for Larry. May have used too many creams here... Pretty sure he'll heal darker though so stoked to see the outcome in a couple weeks when we add a prawn to his sleeve.
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Picked from my flash book, a sketch I did probably three years ago... I've got bins and bins full of drawings that will never get painted... But pick them and I'll plan out the colors / shading :)...
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Last one is a Kitty for Meghan, that one is about 6 years healed.
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Done @queensgambittattoos , in Rockville, MD.
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#traditionaltattoos #tattoos #pizza #trashpanda #raccoon Raccoon tattoo eating pizza with a banana on his head. Sassy banana peel pizza tattoo I'm Rockville, Maryland taken in Gaithersburg, Maryland by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

This is my response to the live taping of the @notfernuthin podcast that happened at the end of the second TattHoeDown this week in North Carolina.
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Full version on YouTube. Dm me for link taken in Washington, DC by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

A few more videos @beatnikvonzipper and @bareknucklestattoo, day two of the tattoo hoedown. Paul, I have a lot more videos if you want a folder, let me know.
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I have too many electronics and half of them are over a decade old so I'm constantly losing my chargers and my cables to download s*** so unfortunately everything that I took with my traditional camera is messed up. I'll have to make sure I have it on the right settings next time unfortunately... But I am getting used to taking media on the phone.
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This event was awesome @tatthoedown #continuingtattooeducation #tattooeducation #tattoohistory #tattooindustry taken in Lenoir, North Carolina by @lambentdawn

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6 months ago

First day of the @tatthoedown in Lenoir, North Carolina. One more day togo!!!
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It's time for dinner
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#tattooevents #oldschooltattoo #seminars #traditionaltattoos taken in Golden Cardinal Gallery by @lambentdawn

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